Books and Manuscripts

An impressive, and substantial photograph album from the firm of James Valentine (1815-1879) of Dundee, a leading photographer of the day in Scotla...

An impressive, and substantial photograph album from the firm of G.W. Wilson & Co., a Scottish photographic firm founded by pioneering Scottish...

This smart 3 volume set is by William Carnie, a leading Aberdeen journalist, and presents a kind of history of Aberdeen and surrounds during the se...

The Secretaries of State for Scotland 1926-76; Fifty Years of the Scottish Office. By George Pottinger. Published by Scottish Academic Press, Edinb...

The Highland Clans of Scotland, Their History and Traditions. By George Eyre-Todd. With an Introduction by A.M. Mackintosh. With One Hundred and Tw...

Scott's importance to literature really cannot be overstated - his work was highly influential and immensely popular across Europe at the time of w...

Scott's importance to literature really cannot be overstated - his work was highly influential and immensely popular across Europe at the time of w...

Scott's importance to literature really cannot be overstated - his work was highly influential and immensely popular across Europe at the time of w...

Scott's importance to literature really cannot be overstated - his work was highly influential and immensely popular across Europe at the time of w...

A scarce first edition set of this family history with presentation inscription to 'David Bogie' from 'Patrick Annandale', the 11th Earl of Annanda...

A Complete Guide to Heraldry, by Arthur Charles Fox-Davies, of Lincoln's Inn, Barrister-at-Law. Illustrated by Nine Plates in Colour and Nearly 800...

The Scottish School of Painting, by William D. McKay, R.S.A., Librarian to the Royal Scottish Academy. Published by Duckworth and Co., London, and ...

Robert Chambers, along with his elder brother William, were Scottish Publishers, and highly influential figures in 19th Century Scottish Society. A...

'Split into two main sections - 'The Ancient League with France' and 'The Scot Abroad, the book explores the relations of Scotland and Scotsmen wit...

History of Mary Stuart, Queen of Scots. Translated from the original and unpublished MS. of Professor Petit, by Charles de Flandre, F.S.A. Scot. 2 ...

A volume of compiled issues of The English Illustrated Magazine which was published between 1883 and 1913. It carried a variety of features includi...

Founded in 1817, and initially called Edinburgh Monthly Magazine, it was more successfully relaunched as Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine. Also known...

A set of two Victorian photo albums which appear to feature a Scottish family's life and travels in Scotland (it is unclear if both albums relate t...

A folio size volume with detailed land ownership records of Scotland from the 1872-73 Return, detailing names, addresses, estimated acreage, and gr...

A scarce collection of the records of Edinburgh City Council in 5 volumes, covering the period 1913-1918. A record of their activities during the e...

Complete Glossary to the Poetry and Prose of Robert Burns. With Upwards of Three Thousand Illustrations from English Authors. By John Cuthbertson. ...

A very substantial alphabetical reference work detailing places and facts on world geography. Longmans' Gazetteer of the World. Edited by George G....

A Victorian Manuscript Book of Transcribed Poetry and Verse, 1852-1898. An interesting book of transcribed handwritten poetry by a variety of poets...

The Practical and Devotional Family Bible; The Holy Bible, Containing The Old and New Testaments, According to the Authorised Version. With the Mar...